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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

A Showcase of Popular Web Design Trends

Personalization and Hand Drawn Elements

It is no wonder that this first one has caught on, and taken off the way that it has, especially when it comes to blog designs, and it is because of the way that the website surfers have responded to it. Readers like to feel a personal connection with the author of the blog and designing your theme with a personalized touch is a perfect way to add to that feeling.

Suie Paparude
Suie Paparude

Paul Wallas
Paul Wallas

Gary Nock
The Official Gary Nock Website

Sarah Hayland
Sarah Hayland

talesSimon
talesSimon

Richard Stelemach
Richard Stelemach

Keven John Gomez
Keven John Gomez

PixelMind
PixelMind

Shawn Johnston
Shawn Johnston

Dave Barnes
Dave Barnes

Clean Illustrations

I am not saying the death of the grunge is nigh or upon us, or anything to that effect. In fact, I happen to still be quite a fan of the rough and punk feel of grunge graphics and illustrations, however, there is a trend that moves in a slightly opposite direction. Vector illustrations are an extremely popular web design trend, that doesn’t seem to be slowing down. They have the ability to add a lot of color and style to a site while still keeping it really clean and sleek looking, so once again, their popularity is easily understood.

Tomáš Pojeta
Tomáš Pojeta – grafické portfolio

Owltastic
Owltastic

MailChimp
MailChimp

Octwelve
Octwelve

Project Vino
Project Vino

We Do Markup
We Do Markup

Kulturbanause
Kulturbanause

eAnka
eAnka

The Alamo Basement
The Alamo Basement

Go Glamping
Go Glamping

Paper and Collage Effects

Having explored the art of collage in my traditional art, seeing the trend towards bringing that feel to the web is one that I am overly excited to see. To be honest, this is one of my favorite trends of the moment. Digitizing a bit of real world elements into the vast cyber sea, using paper, sticky notes, paper clips, thumbtacks, and coffee stains all collaged together to create some really appealing layouts.

Ethem Budak
Ethem Budak

Sprocket House
Sprocket House

ArtFlavours
ArtFlavours

Blog Amuki
Blog Amuki

Helmy Bern
Helmy Bern

Hey Josh
Hey Josh

Longboard the World
Longboard The World

blog.SpoonGraphics
blog.SpoonGraphics

Web Smarty
Web Smarty

Time for Cake
time for Cake

Wood Elements

As a bit of a tree hugger, I do enjoy seeing this final trend that I am showcasing, and fondly hope that it sticks around for a while. The use of wood elements in web design, which is a fairly new trend that is starting to take off, is the one I am speaking of. This versatile element can be used to achieve so many different styles from grungy to elegant. One could say it’s a natural. Get it? Cause, wood is from nature, so…nevermind, it’s a hippie joke.

The Things We Make
The Things We Make

Iahweh Surfboards
Iahweh Surfboards

Lucy Blackmore
Lucy Blackmore

QualityXHTML
QualityXHTML

Delicious Monster
Delicious Monster

Outlaw Design Blog
Outlaw Design Blog

Freshivore
Freshivore

Cyclops
Cyclops

Mixel
Mixel

Tischlerei Klehn
Tischlerei Klehn

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